diff --git a/docs/examples/http2-download.c b/docs/examples/http2-download.c
index e263571b8c..a2291a8c7f 100644
--- a/docs/examples/http2-download.c
+++ b/docs/examples/http2-download.c
@@ -170,13 +170,12 @@ static void setup(struct transfer *t, int num)
   curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION, my_trace);
   curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_DEBUGDATA, t);
 
+  /* enlarge the receive buffer for potentially higher transfer speeds */
+  curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_BUFFERSIZE, 100000L);
+
   /* HTTP/2 please */
   curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION, CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0);
 
-  /* we use a self-signed test server, skip verification during debugging */
-  curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0L);
-  curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0L);
-
 #if (CURLPIPE_MULTIPLEX > 0)
   /* wait for pipe connection to confirm */
   curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_PIPEWAIT, 1L);